diff --git a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/ast_passes/peephole_remove_dead_code.rs b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/ast_passes/peephole_remove_dead_code.rs
index b80a526a509de..5590a62b53417 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/ast_passes/peephole_remove_dead_code.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/ast_passes/peephole_remove_dead_code.rs
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ impl<'a> CompressorPass<'a> for PeepholeRemoveDeadCode {
 
 impl<'a> Traverse<'a> for PeepholeRemoveDeadCode {
     fn exit_statement(&mut self, stmt: &mut Statement<'a>, ctx: &mut TraverseCtx<'a>) {
-        self.compress_block(stmt, Ctx(ctx));
         let ctx = Ctx(ctx);
         if let Some(new_stmt) = match stmt {
+            Statement::BlockStatement(block_stmt) => Self::try_optimize_block(block_stmt, ctx),
             Statement::IfStatement(if_stmt) => self.try_fold_if(if_stmt, ctx),
             Statement::ForStatement(for_stmt) => self.try_fold_for(for_stmt, ctx),
             Statement::ExpressionStatement(expr_stmt) => {
@@ -126,28 +126,27 @@ impl<'a, 'b> PeepholeRemoveDeadCode {
 
     /// Remove block from single line blocks
     /// `{ block } -> block`
-    fn compress_block(&mut self, stmt: &mut Statement<'a>, ctx: Ctx<'a, 'b>) {
-        if let Statement::BlockStatement(block) = stmt {
-            // Avoid compressing `if (x) { var x = 1 }` to `if (x) var x = 1` due to different
-            // semantics according to AnnexB, which lead to different semantics.
-            if block.body.len() == 1 && !block.body[0].is_declaration() {
-                *stmt = block.body.remove(0);
-                self.compress_block(stmt, ctx);
-                self.changed = true;
-                return;
-            }
-            if block.body.len() == 0
-                && (ctx.parent().is_while_statement()
-                    || ctx.parent().is_for_statement()
-                    || ctx.parent().is_for_in_statement()
-                    || ctx.parent().is_for_of_statement()
-                    || ctx.parent().is_block_statement()
-                    || ctx.parent().is_program())
-            {
-                // Remove the block if it is empty and the parent is a block statement.
-                *stmt = ctx.ast.statement_empty(SPAN);
-            }
+    fn try_optimize_block(
+        stmt: &mut BlockStatement<'a>,
+        ctx: Ctx<'a, 'b>,
+    ) -> Option<Statement<'a>> {
+        // Avoid compressing `if (x) { var x = 1 }` to `if (x) var x = 1` due to different
+        // semantics according to AnnexB, which lead to different semantics.
+        if stmt.body.len() == 1 && !stmt.body[0].is_declaration() {
+            return Some(stmt.body.remove(0));
+        }
+        if stmt.body.len() == 0
+            && (ctx.parent().is_while_statement()
+                || ctx.parent().is_for_statement()
+                || ctx.parent().is_for_in_statement()
+                || ctx.parent().is_for_of_statement()
+                || ctx.parent().is_block_statement()
+                || ctx.parent().is_program())
+        {
+            // Remove the block if it is empty and the parent is a block statement.
+            return Some(ctx.ast.statement_empty(stmt.span));
         }
+        None
     }
 
     fn try_fold_if(